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Genetics Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the basic unit of structure and function in living organisms?

a)

Organ

b)

Muscle

c)

Cell

d)

Tissue

2.

What is the male sex cell called?

a)

Egg

b)

Embryo

c)

Sperm

d)

Zygote

3.

What is the female sex cell called?

a)

Egg

b)

Embryo

c)

Sperm

d)

Zygote

4.

What is the male gender genotype?

a)

XX

b)

XY

c)

YY

5.

What is the female gender genotype?

a)

XX

b)

XY

c)

YY

6.

Reproduction that involves two parents that each contribute half of the genetics information

a)

asexual

b)

sexual

c)

budding

d)

regeneration

7.

What controls the inherited traits in organisms?

a)

cytoplasm

b)

golgi bodies

c)

mitochondria

d)

chromosomes

8.

A segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait

a)

Gene

b)

RNA

c)

Allele

d)

Chromosome

9.

What does the genotype TT indicate?

a)

Homozygous Recessive

b)

Homozygous Dominant

c)

Heterozygous Dominant

d)

Heterozygous Recessive

10.

What type of molecule contains genetic information that passes from parents to offspring?

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

Protein

d)

Lipid

11.

Which example BEST correctly represents sexual reproduction?

a)

A flower budding

b)

A starfish regenerating

c)

A sperm fertilizing an egg

d)

Bacteria undergoing binary fission

12.

How are asexual and sexual reproduction similar?

a)

A new organism is the exact copy of the parent

b)

Two parents are required

c)

Both create offspring

d)

Each type is completed in 24 hours

13.

What is one advantage for sexual reproduction in regards to disease?

a)

Genetic Variation

b)

Quick Reproduction

c)

Longer Reproduction Time

d)

Two Parents Needed

14.

Which result is from asexual reproduction

a)

Offspring have two parents

b)

Offspring are identical to parents

c)

Offspring have variations from siblings

d)

Offspring have variations from parents

15.

Sex-linked traits are

a)

Recessive

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Dominant

16.

DNA is shaped like:

a)

A triple helix

b)

A long, thin rod

c)

A spiral ladder

d)

A straight staircase

17.

What is the best definition of genotype?

a)

A physical appearance of a trait

b)

A set of alleles for a given trait

c)

A segment of DNA

d)

A chromosome

18.

What is the best definition of phenotype?

a)

A physical appearance of a trait

b)

A set of alleles for a given trait

c)

A segment of DNA

d)

A chromosome

19.

Which genotype best represents a recessive trait?

a)

BB

b)

Bb

c)

bb

d)

bB

20.

Recessive traits are always homozygous

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Which statement is true of a plant with genotype TT and another with genotype Tt?

a)

Each would have a different phenotype

b)

All alleles are dominant

c)

Both have the same phenotype

d)

Both have the same genotype

22.

Which is true of the plant offspring using the Punnett Square below? (Tall is dominant)

a)

50% of the offspring will be tall

b)

All will be tall

c)

All will be short

d)

75% will be tall

23.

Yy and Yy had offspring. What percentage of the offpspring will have the same phenotype as the parents?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

24.

What term describes a trait with two different dominant alleles? (ex: blood type)

a)

Complete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Incomplete dominance

d)

Mutations

25.

Brown eyes are dominant over blue. Cross homo dominant man and hetero woman.What % of offspring will have blue eyes?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

26.

Genotype (TT) is the physical trait

a)

True

b)

False

27.

A cell that has completed mitosis:

a)

Divided to create 4 identical cells

b)

Divided to create 4 different cells

c)

Divided to create 2 identical cells

d)

Divided to create 2 different cells

28.

A cell that has completed meiosis:

a)

Divided to create 4 identical cells

b)

Divided to create 4 different cells

c)

Divided to create 2 identical cells

d)

Divided to create 2 different cells

29.

When is being genetically identical to the parent an advantage for organisms?

a)

When the environment is changing and fast reproduction is needed

b)

When many offspring are needed in a short period of time

c)

When no mates are found

d)

When the environment is just like the one the parents lived in

30.

How can asexually reproducing organisms gain genetic diversity?

a)

Crossing over

b)

Mitosis

c)

Mutations

d)

Meiosis

31.

A person is homozygous for having freckles. Freckles are dominant over no freckles. What is the person's genotype?

a)

FF

b)

ff

c)

Ff

32.

A bird has 48 chromosomes. If one of the cells goes through meiosis, how many chromosomes would the daughter cells have?

a)

16

b)

96

c)

24

d)

48

33.

A bird has 48 chromosomes. If one of the cells goes through mitosis, how many chromosomes would the daughter cells have?

a)

16

b)

24

c)

48

d)

96